H5P Converter

Extract text from Interactive content packages (H5P)


Drop or upload your .H5P file

How to extract text from your H5P file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your H5P file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert H5P to another file type

To convert H5P Content packages to another format, you need H5P Plugin or other Web software.

Convert a file to H5P

To convert other file formats to the "HTML5 Content Package" file type, you need software like H5P Plugin or a similar tool.


About H5P files

An .h5p file is an interactive HTML5 content package used primarily in e-learning environments to deliver quizzes, games, interactive videos, and presentations. Under the hood, it is a standard ZIP archive containing an internal structure of JavaScript, CSS, JSON configuration files, and raw media assets.

These files are typically created, managed, and played using the H5P plugin, which integrates directly into Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Moodle or CMS platforms like WordPress. The format allows educators to share rich content across different platforms seamlessly.

The main disadvantage of the .h5p format is its absolute reliance on a compatible web-based player. You cannot open or interact with these files natively on a desktop computer. Without an active LMS or a dedicated offline reader, the file is useless to the average user. Furthermore, attempting to share these files outside of an educational ecosystem often leads to frustration, as recipients lack the software required to execute the embedded code.

Users frequently need to convert or unpack .h5p files to extract the enclosed media, such as MP4 videos, PNG images, or MP3 audio. Alternatively, users may want to repackage the content into standard HTML or .SCORM formats for broader LMS compatibility. Be aware that converting an .h5p file into a static format like PDF will completely destroy its interactivity.

This file format is difficult to convert directly because the interactive logic relies on real-time JavaScript execution within a specific framework. Often only the original software can properly read or export the data into a playable state. If our analysis detects the supported underlying ZIP structure, viewing or extracting the embedded media files may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your H5P file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PDF, HTML, ZIP, H5, MP4, PPTX, JSON, JPG, DOCX, PNG, CRDOWNLOAD, SPV and PPT files.


FAQ

If you want to convert H5P file to MP4, PDF, HTML, ZIP, PPT, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX or JSP, you can use H5P Plugin or similar software from the "Interactive HTML5 E-Learning Content" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to H5P, try H5P Plugin or another comparable tool in the "Interactive HTML5 E-Learning Content" category.



The H5P Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our H5P converter.